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Things couldn’t really get much worse than last year’s conference debacle, or could they? The omens were not good when an...

Jim Pickard’s scoop in the FT that Labour plan to vote against any Brexit deal got us thinking about what likely scenario will play out as and when a deal with the EU is agreed.
That is of course assuming a deal can be made. It is reported...

When Jeremy Corbyn was elected as leader of the Labour Party in September 2015, few political commentators knew how he had been elected, or how he would operate in Government. It’s fair to say that this confusion has continued well into his...

Yesterday, Jeremy Corbyn gave a speech in Birmingham entitled 'Build it in Britain' in which he called for changes that would reinvigorate British manufacturing and take it to heights reminiscent of the glorious 1950s, when Britain was building...

The Government Brexit WhitePaper is the first clear indication from Ministers on the vision for the future of the UK-EU relationship since the Prime Minister’s overarching strategy speech at Mansion House. Businesses have long demanded...

1. The Government proposes to establish a free trade area for goods
Ministers believe this will avoid the need for customs and regulatory checks at the border, remove the requirement for customs declarations, enable products to only undergo...

Once upon a time, a Government Commission reporting to Harold Wilson recommended a new airport to serve the South East be built at a rural site in Oxfordshire, but plans were soon abandoned. Next, in the early 70s, Foulness in Essex was...